February is Black History Month. More than a date on the calendar, this is an opportunity to seek out the stories of our past that shape our culture, and become active participants in creating our cultural narrative. Black history is American history. February is the month that we are reminded to recognize and integrate our rich [...]
The holidays offer a special opportunity to develop a child’s brain. A child’s brain is more than 80% developed by the time they are three years old. This is proven by science. From birth to three years old, billions of neuron connections are made in your child’s brain. When parent’s and loving, trusted family members [...]
The bond between a mother and child is immeasurable. In honor of Mother's Day, May 9, 2021, we want to acknowledge and thank all mothers for your unconditional love, care, support and everything you do! Reading to a child in her/his first three years will help her/him to develop a stronger brain. During these Three Key Years, billions [...]
We are living in challenging, unprecedented times. The hour-to-hour uncertainty of the Covid 19 Pandemic has created stress for families around the globe. We are “Sheltering in Place”, schools have been closed and parents are working from home. In adversity there is creativity and before us there is a golden opportunity for families to share valuable [...]
New science teaches us how a child’s brain develops billions of neurons from daily positive, loving activities. This phenomenal neuron growth in turn leads to a strong brain for life. This new science is the key focus of what we share with you here at ThreeKeyYears.org. Talking, reading, playing, counting, and singing appear as simple, fun [...]
The Institute for InterGroup Understanding has maintained an ongoing campaign to raise awareness about early brain development and what parents, teachers, and communities can do to promote neural connectivity in children’s brains. Outlined below are the key points from the full length article. Children Need to be Learning Ready by Age Four Parents, teachers and communities [...]
In May 2019, Intergroup initiated an awareness campaign about learning gaps in schools, and solutions to related problems. The key learnings from the piece are as follows: Learning Gaps We have massive learning gaps in our schools, and those gaps are getting worse because we have growing numbers of children being born into the low end [...]
In May 2019, threekeyyear.org launched a Grandparent’s Campaign to raise awareness regarding how Grandparents have the unique ability to very directly help their grandchildren build stronger brains and a sense of being emotionally secure. Babies learn by interacting with trusted adults. The Three Key Years Grandparent’s Campaign provides tools and content that can be shared among [...]
Amazing new science about the huge value and the direct immediate impact and the powerful long-term benefit that results from cuddling our children in the first weeks and months of life now shows us that our genetic programing actually changes in a positive way for children who are cuddled. That is an amazing discovery. Epigenetics [...]
More than 3 million people have watched Dr. Nadine Burke Harris’s TED Talk on adverse childhood experiences and her insights as a scientist, pediatrician, therapist, healer, and mother. People watch and re-watch her TED Talk because it is so powerfully persuasive and incredibly informative about the impact of adverse childhood experiences on us all. Dr. Vincent [...]
